Book Review: The Perfect Kiss by Susan Hatler
- Kristen Lewendon
- Sep 13, 2019
- 2 min read
Kissed by the Bay Book 2
** A Satire Fiction Bestseller! **
Olivia Lane wants to become the premiere event planner for Blue Moon Bay’s rich and famous. But first she has to impress Greta von Strand—millionaire and bestselling author of Men: Who Needs Them?—by pulling off a two-week luxury getaway for women. The retreat’s all about getting women to embrace their independence by nurturing themselves and each other, and Olivia, who’s never been lucky-in-love herself, is looking forward to it.
The retreat and Olivia’s goals hit a roadblock, however, when sweet-talking firefighter, Brody Mitchell, and his smoking hot friends take up residence at the mansion next door. Now, she must successfully keep Greta and the other women away from their male neighbors, fight her attraction to Brody, and pull off the retreat of a lifetime in one fell swoop.
It’s a battle of the sexes she’s determined to win, otherwise she could lose everything—including her heart.
My Review:
This book and I had a bit of a love-hate relationship going on. I loved the messages of being strong enough to be independent; not needing another person to “complete you”. Where this all fell apart for me was that while Olivia was spouting all the self-help dogma she’d absorbed about how a strong, independent woman was supposed to behave she then caved to everyone else’s impossible demands. And I wasn’t completely impressed with Brody either. I liked how sweetly solicitous he is of Olivia, however I thought he was holding her to a double-standard. It felt like she had to tread lightly around his emotional triggers while he gave very little consideration to hers. I really liked the first book in this series so I’m going to continue, but this definitely wasn’t my favorite.
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